Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
We are seeking an enthusiastic Registered Nurse with a strong commitment to excellence in patient care and a high level of communication skills, as you act as the interface between patients and other healthcare professionals.
The Medical Day Unit has 2 treatment rooms, both with 10 chairs, working alongside clinical haematology outpatient department.
We specialise in intravenous therapies with a specific focus on haematological conditions. We work primarily to conduct day case treatments and investigations, preventing inpatient admissions and administering chemotherapy for haematological malignancies, as well as treatments for General Medicine.
We would love an experienced SACT trained nurse to join our team, or a nurse looking for a new challenge and willing to complete the necessary training.
If you are interested in developing your skills and experience, working in a dynamic, fast-paced area of nursing then we would welcome your application.
Please telephone the team, should you wish to discuss further on 01704 704221.
Main duties of the job
1. Assess, plan develop and implement programmes of care to patients, providing advice in a variety of settings.
2. Carry out nursing procedures in line with current NMC standards of proficiency.
3. Ensure the health, wellbeing and independence of patients and service users across healthcare settings, maintaining associated records, ensuring all patients always receive safe and effective care.
4. Supervision of junior staff and all learners.
5. Always understand and demonstrate the Trust values.
About us
Mersey and West Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust serves a population of over 600,000 with a workforce of over 9000 dedicated and skilled staff across 21 sites.
We strongly believe that the communities we serve should all have access to Five Star Patient Care.
Job responsibilities
Key Duties
* Provides and receives complex information, communicating sensitively and confidentially information relating to patients/clients (for example, care plan discussions with patients).
* Communicates in a compassionate and empathetic manner, using persuasion and reassurance.
* Ability to recognise barriers to communication, and ability to modify communication style as and when required.
* Ability to effectively communicate whilst providing training to students.
* Demonstrate effective communications skills with the wider MDT team.
* Maintain appropriate levels of training for clinical skills as needed within scope of practice.
* To maintain safe custody of drugs, ensuring that checking, witnessing and administration procedures are compatible with statutory and trust requirements.
* In the absence of Sister/Charge Nurse effectively respond to complaints/concerns and escalate as required.
* To ensure clinical incident/near misses are managed and reported and escalated in a timely manner.
* To be part of the multidisciplinary team decision making, acting when required as the patients advocate in order to support the patients pathway.
* Work within the organisational policy, standard operating procedures and guidelines.
* To undertake risk assessments and implement risk reducing measures. To report and escalate to the Line Manager any deficiencies in the arrangements for minimizing risk.
* Ensure that privacy, dignity and safety of individuals is maintained at all times.
* To actively participate in the effective and efficient use of the ward/departmental resources and equipment, including stock management and care and maintenance of equipment.
* Handles patients valuables, ensuring safe storage and transportation.
* Sign off agency timesheets in order to verify and record the hours worked.
* Liaise with the Roster Coordinator to ensure your personal roster is balanced within the roster period.
Please see job description and person specification for further details.
Proposed Interview date: 5th November 2024
Please note this vacancy may close early if a sufficient number of applicants is reached.
Person Specification
Knowledge
* Able to demonstrate knowledge of NMC professional standards for practice contained within the code.
* Experience of working in a clinical environment.
* Experience of providing and receiving complex, sensitive information.
* Understand requirements for NMC professional Revalidation.
* An understanding of national, regional, and local NHS issues.
* Experience of working within a multi-disciplinary team.
Qualifications
* 1st Level Registered Nurse (degree/diploma).
* Current NMC Registration.
* Evidence of continuing professional development.
Skills
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to network and build relationships at all levels.
* Ability to communicate effectively (written, verbal and non-verbal communication) with patients/relatives and carers and all members of the multi-disciplinary team.
* Awareness of the need for confidentiality at all times.
* Effectively prioritises and co-ordinates own workload.
* Ability to de-escalate complex situations.
* Computer literacy e.g. experience of electronic patient record.
Other
* Dealing with frequent interruptions and competing demands.
* Ability to work within highly distressing or emotional circumstances e.g. end of life care.
* Ability to communicate distressing information.
* Ability to communicate in a challenging environment.
* Able to carry out direct clinical care as required on ward or department.
Disclosure and Barring Service Check
This post is subject to the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act (Exceptions Order) 1975 and as such it will be necessary for a submission for Disclosure to be made to the Disclosure and Barring Service (formerly known as CRB) to check for any previous criminal convictions.
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